سَلِّdispel الهُمومَthe cares الَّتيthat باتَتremained through the night مُؤَرِّقَةًcausing sleeplessness
سَلِّ الهُمومَ الَّتي باتَت مُؤَرِّقَةً
بِجَسرَةٍwith a sturdy she-camel كَعَلاةِlike an anvil القَينِof the smith شِملالِfleet-footed
بِجَسرَةٍ كَعَلاةِ القَينِ شِملالِ
Dispel the cares that have kept you sleepless,
Cast off the worries that kept you awake
With a sturdy, fleet she-camel, like a smith's anvil,
With the courage of a hardy traveler
عَلياءَtall نَضّاخَةِstreaming sweat الذِفرىthe area behind the ear مُذَكَّرَةٍmale-like in strength
عَلياءَ نَضّاخَةِ الذِفرى مُذَكَّرَةٍ
عَيرَانَةًwild-ass-like مِثلَlike قَوسِa bow الفِلقَةِthe split piece of wood الضالِthe wild lote tree
عَيرَانَةً مِثلَ قَوسِ الفِلقَةِ الضالِ
Tall, sweat streaming behind her ears, strong as a male,
Loftier than the towering mountain peaks
Wild-ass-like, like a bow of split wild-lote wood.
Wandering like a lost bow of elmwood
كَأَنَّas though أَوبَthe to-and-fro motion يَدَيهاher two forelegs حينَwhen أَعجَلَهاhe hurried her
كَأَنَّ أَوبَ يَدَيها حينَ أَعجَلَها
أَوبُthe to-and-fro motion المِراحِthe lively player وَقَدand already نادَواthey called بِتَرحالِfor departure
أَوبُ المِراحِ وَقَد نادَوا بِتَرحالِ
As though her forelegs' to-and-fro, when he hurried her,
As if, when she hurried off at daybreak
Were the lively player's strokes, when they called for departure:
The caravan callers were shouting, “Decamp!”
مَقطُthe striking الكُرينِthe balls عَلىacross مَكنوسَةٍa swept surface زَلَقٌslippery
مَقطُ الكُرينِ عَلى مَكنوسَةٍ زَلَقٌ
فيon ظَهرِthe back حَنّانَةِa creaking ship النيرَينِthe two crossbeams مِعوالِloudly wailing
في ظَهرِ حَنّانَةِ النيرَينِ مِعوالِ
The striking of balls across a swept, slippery surface,
The train of camels on slippery sands
On the deck of a wailing ship with two creaking crossbeams.
Swaying in the back of a docile she-camel
حَلَّتshe arrived بِنَعفَيat the two spurs of شَرافٍSharaf وَهيَwhile she was عاصِفَةٌrushing like a gale
حَلَّت بِنَعفَي شَرافٍ وَهيَ عاصِفَةٌ
تَخديshe strides swiftly عَلىon يَسَراتٍsupple legs غَيرِnot أَعصالِcrooked
تَخدي عَلى يَسَراتٍ غَيرِ أَعصالِ
She reached the two spurs of Sharaf, rushing like a gale,
It settled on the tips of noble spears
Striding swiftly on supple legs, not crooked.
Storming over the traces of unyoked camels
جارَتshe veered away مِنَfrom الدورِal-Dawr فَالمَوشومِthen al-Mawshum فَاِغتَرَفَتthen she overtook
جارَت مِنَ الدورِ فَالمَوشومِ فَاِغتَرَفَت
بِقاعِon the plain of فَيحانِFayhan إِجلاًa herd of wild cattle بَعدَafter آجالِherds of wild cattle
بِقاعِ فَيحانِ إِجلاً بَعدَ آجالِ
She veered from al-Dawr, then al-Mawshum, then swept past
It flowed from the abodes and then from Mashoum
On Fayhan's plain, herd after herd of wild cattle,
In the valleys of Fayhaan before their time
عَلىalong طَريقٍa road كَظَهرِlike the back of الأَيمِthe serpent مُطَّرِدٍstretching unbroken
عَلى طَريقٍ كَظَهرِ الأَيمِ مُطَّرِدٍ
يَهويit slopes down إِلىtoward قُنَّةٍa summit فيat مَنهَلٍa watering place عاليlofty
يَهوي إِلى قُنَّةٍ في مَنهَلٍ عالي
Along an unbroken road like a serpent's back,
On a path like the ridge of a rainy cloud
Sloping down toward a summit at a lofty watering place.
Plummeting into a lofty ravine
Sol 6.1